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Irritants (Drugs)

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  • A Japanese physician applying moxa (a substance produced from leaves of various wormwoods) as a cautery: igniting it on the skin of a patient's back. Wood engraving.

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    Counteraction, viewed as a means of cure : with remarks on the uses of the issue / by John Epps.

    Epps, John, 1805-1869. | Date: 1832
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    A Japanese physician applying moxa (a substance produced from leaves of various wormwoods) as a cautery: igniting it on the skin of a patient's back. Wood engraving.

    Brunier, Gauchard. | Reference: 21483i
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    Mémoire et observations concernant les bons effets du cautère actuel, appliqué sur la tête, ou sur la nuque, dans plusieurs maladies des yeux, des enveloppes du crâne, du cerveau et du système nerveux / [Louis Valentin].

    Valentin, Louis, 1758-1829. | Date: 1815
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    Counter-irritation, its principles and practice : illustrated by one hundred cases of the most painful and important diseases effectually cured by external applications / by A.B. Granville.

    Granville, A. B. (Augustus Bozzi), 1783-1872. | Date: 1838
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    The treatment of surgical inflammations : by a new method, which greatly shortens their duration / by Furneaux Jordan.

    Jordan, Furneaux (John Furneaux), 1830?-1911. | Date: 1870

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